Gwangju City Council's 행자위 Members Visit Frontline Site of Autonomous Police

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Gwangju Metropolitan Council announced on the 17th that the Administrative Autonomy Committee (Chairman Lee Hong-il) visited the frontline of the autonomous police on the 15th to encourage the hard work of the staff.

Members of the Administrative Autonomy Committee visited the Geumnam Police Substation and Hyodeok Police Substation in succession to inspect the status and actual conditions of their work.

Chairman Lee Hong-il said, “The police substations are the places closest to citizens in daily life safety, women and youth protection, and traffic. With the implementation of the autonomous police system, please establish a proactive autonomous police administration that citizens can feel and a communication channel with citizens.”

Meanwhile, the Gwangju autonomous police system started a pilot operation on May 10 and officially began activities on July 1.

The Gwangju Metropolitan Autonomous Police Committee is responsible for duties directly related to residents' lives, such as patrols for crime prevention closest to citizens, support for safety accidents or disasters, protection of women and youth, enforcement of traffic regulations and accident handling, and school violence.

In particular, as Gwangju Autonomous Police’s first policy, special measures for children's traffic safety are being promoted.

There are a total of 40 police substations performing autonomous police duties: 13 in Gwangsan, 5 in Dongbu, 7 in Seobu, 6 in Nambu, and 9 in Bukbu.

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